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SES World Skies announced that the Philippine’s DTH operator GSAT has contracted an additional transponder on the NSS-11 satellite.Other Posts:Proba-2 will start journey to Russia soonGlobecomm to upgrade European Earth stationAriane 5 Steps Up ProductionArianespace announces revenue increaseXM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. results Q2 2008Falcon 1 demo flight delayedFirst Soyuz of 2008 launches Progress cargo vesselFive more Baikonur launches planned this year

GMA Network, Inc. (GMA) has signed an agreement with Hong Kong-based APT Satellite Company Limited for a long-term transponder service deal.

Globecomm Systems Inc. announced that the company has been awarded a Ka-band infrastructure contract from Hughes Network Systems valued at US$18.0 million.

Measat Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. announced an agreement with AORA to support its the Direct-To-Home (“DTH”) service.
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ONDAS Media, which plans to offer satellite radio in Europe, has demonstrated its prototype in-car satellite radio receiver in conjunction with BMW for the first time at the German media show “Medientage” this week.
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Paradigm Services, part of Astrium Services’ Telecoms division, has entered into a 15-year contract with Telesat for the full X-band payload on Telesat’s Anik G1 satellite.

O3b Networks announced that the company has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal with Netcom Africa, a provider of satellite and wireless broadband solutions.
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